{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-politics-summer-2026-9798992201031","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture \u0026 Politics: Summer 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e features the world's sharpest minds for readers who are determined to stay curious. The result is a collection of writing about today worth rereading tomorrow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Summer 2026 issue will be a special edition, with a nod to America's Semiquincentennial. \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e writers will examine 250 years of culture and politics in the United States and the issue will feature a diverse selection of American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this issue of \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSean Wilentz\u003c\/b\u003e exposes the Trumpian distortions of the American past; \u003cb\u003eAndrew Delbanco\u003c\/b\u003e on the tribulations of the American university; \u003cb\u003eLewis Hyde\u003c\/b\u003e explains what American history teaches about ICE; \u003cb\u003eArmando Chaguaceda\u003c\/b\u003e presents the creed of a Cuban dissident; \u003cb\u003eMeg Vlaun\u003c\/b\u003e on retreating to the mountains; \u003cb\u003eRoxana Saberi\u003c\/b\u003e interviews riot police on the streets of Iran; \u003cb\u003eIhab Hassan\u003c\/b\u003e a Palestinian's indictment of Hamas; \u003cb\u003eCarissa Véliz\u003c\/b\u003e a non-Luddite tribute to an analog existence; \u003cb\u003eMichael C. Kimmage\u003c\/b\u003e Melville's oceanic parable of democratic citizenship; \u003cb\u003eArash Azizi\u003c\/b\u003e the patriotism of a progressive; \u003cb\u003eMark Lilla\u003c\/b\u003e on the unbeautiful nature of politics; \u003cb\u003eRobert Alter\u003c\/b\u003e on how the Bible does a lot with a little; \u003cb\u003eLen Gutkin\u003c\/b\u003e on the persistence of the political in the reading of literature; \u003cb\u003eKai Sina\u003c\/b\u003e the strenuous liberalism and Zionism of Thomas Mann; \u003cb\u003eNadia Jamil\u003c\/b\u003e Mahmoud Darwish's poetry of empathy; \u003cb\u003eTamar Glezerman\u003c\/b\u003e on mourning far away from home; \u003cb\u003eAni Chkhikvadze\u003c\/b\u003e discovers the occult in the nation's capital; \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e on rape in polite society; and \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e the meanings of patriotism in our semiquincentennial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe issue also include a selection of American poetry spanning \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePhilip Freneau\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCarrie Williams Clifford\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eFrances Harper\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJohn Greenleaf Whittier\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePhoebe Cary\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAmbrose Bierce\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eEmma Lazarus\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eStephen Crane\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e is the premier journal of culture and politics that also publishes new works online weekly and hosts lively events dedicated to thinking carefully about art and ideas. United only by a commitment to advancing the humanities and the democratic process, \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e provides serious ideas and beautiful writing for readers who demand both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liberties Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798992201031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Sean Wilentz,Andrew Delbanco,Lewis Hyde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715577213109,"sku":"9798992201031","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/liberties-journal-of-culture-politics-summer-2026-9798992201031","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}